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Dodge's Grove and Fort Union WI403 |
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Arriving in Dodgeville in 1827, Henry Dodge, later renowned as a Black Hawk War military leader, territorial governor and state senator, began his Wisconsin career as a miner. In circa 1830, Dodge established living quarters and a large two-furnace smelting and mining operation at this site, a few miles south of Dodgeville. Bringing his family, slaves and about 200 miners to work at this location, Dodge constructed many log dwellings and a stockade, later known as Fort Union during the Black Hawk War.
Erected 1998
County Trunk Hwy. Y, 3 miles south of Dodgeville, Dodgeville, Iowa County Wisconsin
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